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James Kramer wrote:
> Does anyone know how to print slashdot expanded headlines so that you can
> take the print with you to read on the T?  Are they trying to make it
> impossible to do this.  If I try to print the website directly using firefox
> the print uses a really big font.  I do not know how to adjust firefox to
> compensate without screwing up every other website.  If I try to print out
> the rss feed, the same thing happens.  I was using yahoo pipes to aggregate
> a feed Slashdot and then using yahoo alert to email it to me.  That worked
> great but stop working a few weeks ago.  I then used Google Reader with a
> neat script from userscripts.org called "google reader print button"  This
> lets you aggregate your rss feeds in google reader and then print out the
> total aggregation.  It works for every rss feed that I tried except Slashdot
> which has a huge space at the end of each expanded headline and will waste a
> ton of paper to print the list.

What if you open the rss feed in firefox (ie
http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot), then print that?   Helpful
firefox hint: you can adjust the font on a per-tab basis by holding down
the control key and using your scroll-wheel on your mouse.  I can't
verify at the moment if that affects printouts, but I think it does.

HTH,
Matt






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